Re: PC20-III

From: Bryan Pope (bpope_at_wordstock.com)
Date: 2001-04-17 14:46:22

> > 
> > > This may not help much but I too have a PC20-III
> > with it's original 20MB
> > > hard-disk. I tried to replace the 20MB unit with a
> > 100MB (IDE not EIDE)
> > > drive. This 100MB drive failed with the same
> > message you received below.
> > > When I plugged back in the original it worked
> > fine...
> > 
> > I did some "research" but I'm getting the feeling
> > that C= programmed the
> > BIOS to look for a particular drive and no other
> > one.
> > 
> > My manual says that all info (text, program ???) to
> > add an HD to a PC is
> > supplied with the new HD. So my question is: does
> > anyone on the list have
> > this "info" ?
> > 
Did you change the BIOS to the proper hard drive type?  A 20 MB HD will probably 
have a type (from 1 to 46, I believe) and the 100 MB *may* be one of these. 
Otherwise, you need to pick type 47.  If the BIOS isn't able to autodetect
the new HD then you have to enter Cylinders/Heads/Sectors manually.  These
numbers will be on the hard drive itself or in the manual that came with it.
Or, you may be able to search the manufacturers web page.

Bryan
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